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right moi we have a speaker, -- right now we have a speaker, speake,speaker, boehner, who i d like, but i doesn't want to talk to the democrats. nothing is going to get done if we don't talk to each other. we don't have a parliamentary system. we have to work together. so with that, i wanted to add at least a cautiously optimistic note that i am a hopeful -- that i'm hopeful that we will get something done. and i think if we do and if it's fair -- fair enough, we should get our country off this cliff. thank you very much. i yield the floor. mr. leahy: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: mr. president, one of the managers of, i guess, of being president pro tempore, i get to preside more than i had for a while and hear some of the speeches of my colleagues, which i appreciate. the senate is a place i love, as i know the distinguished presiding officer does, and it is, as i've often said, a place that should be the conscience of the nation. there's only a hundred of us representing over 300 million americans. we should be able to stand up and be the
right moi we have a speaker, -- right now we have a speaker, speake,speaker, boehner, who i d like, but i doesn't want to talk to the democrats. nothing is going to get done if we don't talk to each other. we don't have a parliamentary system. we have to work together. so with that, i wanted to add at least a cautiously optimistic note that i am a hopeful -- that i'm hopeful that we will get something done. and i think if we do and if it's fair -- fair enough, we should get our country off this...
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boehner's tone was good. but as i said, when you look inside and say, well, we can rely on dynamic scoring or lowering rates significantly and closing loopholes, when you begin to dissect that, it has some problems. but i am hopeful that with the business community's help and with the president's leadership, we can bring republicans around. because i think in his heart speaker boehner wants to get something done. >> alan? >> you talked about -- [inaudible] do you have a strategy on -- [inaudible] are you trying to do that -- [inaudible] >> let me say on the general thrust of your question, i think most of our colleagues on both sides of the aisle would say the senate needs to be fixed, that there are some real things wrong with it in the way it functions. there are going to be a lot of discussions over the next few weeks about that, but i'm not going to comment on any specifics until we have those discussions with our colleagues. and it needs to be done not just for one particular issue, but in general to get
boehner's tone was good. but as i said, when you look inside and say, well, we can rely on dynamic scoring or lowering rates significantly and closing loopholes, when you begin to dissect that, it has some problems. but i am hopeful that with the business community's help and with the president's leadership, we can bring republicans around. because i think in his heart speaker boehner wants to get something done. >> alan? >> you talked about -- [inaudible] do you have a strategy on...
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justice speaker boehner vowed not to spike a football. the law was overturned. republican should not carry on out of pique now that the law has been upheld. democrats remain willing to corporate on improving civil law but now that all three branches of government have ratified the law, it is time for quarreling to be over. it's time for disputing its validity is over. congress should now return to its full-time focus, the issue of jobs and the economy in america. if u.s. people what they want us to focus on, it's not rehashing health care. there may be a small few on the far right who enjoy doing that. the american people want us to focus on jobs, the economy, helping the middle class and that is what we will be doing the rest of the session, even if our republican colleagues simply want to look backward. it's unfortunate that speaker boehner and house republicans are planning to plow ahead with the repeal vote after the fourth of july recess. the republicans are in a sense trapped between their tea party base that wants to repeal this law at all costs and the r
justice speaker boehner vowed not to spike a football. the law was overturned. republican should not carry on out of pique now that the law has been upheld. democrats remain willing to corporate on improving civil law but now that all three branches of government have ratified the law, it is time for quarreling to be over. it's time for disputing its validity is over. congress should now return to its full-time focus, the issue of jobs and the economy in america. if u.s. people what they want...
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there is no reason why speaker boehner shouldn't bring this bill to a floor vote. he will win the vote because i know democrats and some republicans will definitely support it. he needs to be speaker of the house not speaker of the republicans. just as tip o'neill when i was there wasn't speaker of the democrats, he was speaker of the house. as a matter of fact, the way tip did it is he would get half the democrats and half the republicans and he didn't care what you were, an independent, whatever your -- conservative, liberal, he would just go up to you and say, "can you be with me on this? it's good for the country. ronald reagan and i agree." that was tip o'neill. and i know what that's like. ronald reagan and tip o'neill. it ought to be president obama and john boehner saying, we should pass this middle class -- now, here's the thing i don't get. when the bush tax cuts went into place, they were passed overwhelmingly by republicans. why wouldn't the same republicans want to make sure that they continue for 98% of the people? i don't get it. i did not vote for t
there is no reason why speaker boehner shouldn't bring this bill to a floor vote. he will win the vote because i know democrats and some republicans will definitely support it. he needs to be speaker of the house not speaker of the republicans. just as tip o'neill when i was there wasn't speaker of the democrats, he was speaker of the house. as a matter of fact, the way tip did it is he would get half the democrats and half the republicans and he didn't care what you were, an independent,...
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succumb speaker boehner, called the house back to work, do it now. you don't have to wait until sunday night because the danger is that you actually run up the clock and then it goes over the fiscal cliff and the ball drops on the middle class so bring the house back right now so that we can do the people's work and allow democracy to work as well, allow us to have an up or down vote on the senate bill. it passed the senate with a majority vote. it can pass the house with a majority vote and the only thing this eager boehner needs to be afraid of is that that bill will actually pass and then we will avoid going over the fiscal cliff. right? so a simple message. come back and let a majority in the house, republicans and democrats work their will and let the democracy works of that we can protect the middle class. it's also essentials but we passed the expansion of unemployment insurance. and that is why the president has been very clear on that since day one that should be part of any plan. these are people that are out of work through no fault of the
succumb speaker boehner, called the house back to work, do it now. you don't have to wait until sunday night because the danger is that you actually run up the clock and then it goes over the fiscal cliff and the ball drops on the middle class so bring the house back right now so that we can do the people's work and allow democracy to work as well, allow us to have an up or down vote on the senate bill. it passed the senate with a majority vote. it can pass the house with a majority vote and...
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then we went through the months and months of talks between the president and boehner. both times, boehner could not deliver because they refused because of grover norquist to allow any tax revenues whatsoever. we had meetings with the vice president, biden and cantor. cantor walked out of those meetings. he is the majority leader in the house. we had the gang of six, the gang of eight. we had this super committee, and they were doing good things, good things, dealing with entitlements and revenues. and a week before they were to report, buy virtue of statute, i get a letter signed by virtually every republican, too bad about the super committee, we're not going to do anything with revenues. so this is not a capsule of a couple of days. this has been going on for years. they cannot cross over the threshold that has been built by grover norquist. people who are rich, who make a lot of money, they are not opposing raising the taxes on them. the only people in america who don't think taxes should be raised on the rich are the republicans who work in this building. so any t
then we went through the months and months of talks between the president and boehner. both times, boehner could not deliver because they refused because of grover norquist to allow any tax revenues whatsoever. we had meetings with the vice president, biden and cantor. cantor walked out of those meetings. he is the majority leader in the house. we had the gang of six, the gang of eight. we had this super committee, and they were doing good things, good things, dealing with entitlements and...
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in fact, last month, senator murkowski and i wrote a bipartisan letter to speaker boehner. we asked him, allow an up-or-down vote. bit last thursday, five house republicans followed suit. they called on speaker baner and majority leader cantor to take -- speaker boehner and majority leader can to her take up the senate-passed bill and resolve the blue slip problem. because the speaker's hands aren't tied in this matter. he stopped -- he has to stop choosing to hold up the bill instead of choose to let these efforts go forth. the efforts to pass the bill go forth. a "new york times" editorial earlier this week entitled "delay on domestic violence" put it said. it well. it said, "mr. boehner's leadership could break the logjam but that also requires, of course, his republican colleagues to drop their opposition to stronger protection for all victims of abuse." and i ask unanimous consent that the letters -- the editorial be placed in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: you know, victims shouldn't be forced to waited any longer. the problems and th
in fact, last month, senator murkowski and i wrote a bipartisan letter to speaker boehner. we asked him, allow an up-or-down vote. bit last thursday, five house republicans followed suit. they called on speaker baner and majority leader cantor to take -- speaker boehner and majority leader can to her take up the senate-passed bill and resolve the blue slip problem. because the speaker's hands aren't tied in this matter. he stopped -- he has to stop choosing to hold up the bill instead of choose...
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he urged speaker boehner to abandon the grand bargain talks with president obama. "the new york times" reported in 2011, "ryan appealed to representative cantor to cut off negotiations between the speaker and the white house because he didn't feel the terms of the emerging agreement adhered strictly enough to his conservative principles and the deal might politically benefit president obama." so, it is not a secret that the ryan budget both hurts the middle class and does nothing for deficit reduction. the only people who would benefit are the very wealthy, and god bless them. they're doing well in america, but as recent statistics just showed, they're the only people gaining income. and one other thing i'd like to add about mr. ryan here: he seems like a nice man, nice family, but his recent speeches have just been so revealing, and he did the same thing yesterday once again showing he has learned nothing from the mistakes he's made in the last few weeks. when it comes to the big debates facing our country, paul ryan either has an extremely poor memory or has a te
he urged speaker boehner to abandon the grand bargain talks with president obama. "the new york times" reported in 2011, "ryan appealed to representative cantor to cut off negotiations between the speaker and the white house because he didn't feel the terms of the emerging agreement adhered strictly enough to his conservative principles and the deal might politically benefit president obama." so, it is not a secret that the ryan budget both hurts the middle class and does...
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speaker boehner is saying all right, mr. president, you won the election, you want more taxes, we're willing to do that. we don't want to do it, we think it will hurt the economy, but we're willing to do it. but to minimize the damage on the economy, at least do it through eliminating these loopholes, these so-called deductions and credits and special provisions. don't try to do it by raising tax rates because that directly hits the small business that you're trying to help create jobs right now. here is what small businesses care about. like i said, you have a dad and his two sons. maybe mom does the accounting for the firm and so on. they have to be concerned about the estate tax. the small businesses spend a lot of money trying to plan around paying the estate tax. on january 1 if we don't do anything, there is only a million dollars exempted. if you have a small business with a bunch of trucks and equipment and like, you're going to have far more than a million dollars in assets in the business. same thing for a farm. an
speaker boehner is saying all right, mr. president, you won the election, you want more taxes, we're willing to do that. we don't want to do it, we think it will hurt the economy, but we're willing to do it. but to minimize the damage on the economy, at least do it through eliminating these loopholes, these so-called deductions and credits and special provisions. don't try to do it by raising tax rates because that directly hits the small business that you're trying to help create jobs right...
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last year during the budget talks that he had with speaker john boehner, he did make some concessions on social security spending, but those were never -- never went for because there were not able to seal a deal. medicare and medicaid, he proposes a more modest reductions in the range of about $320 billion between those two programs. those are cuts to providers and other changes on some co- payments or participants, but they don't make the big structural changes in the program that would save a lot of money. for instance, raising the eligibility age for medicare. he does not propose that. taxes, he has a total of $1.50 trillion over 10 years and tax increases. comes from a variety of places, ending the bush-era tax cuts for those earning over 250 cows and dollars a year is a big chunk of the money. he also proposes increases on -- bigger increases on families earning over $1 million a year. in addition, there are some corporate loopholes, corporate tax and bandages that they would -- host: what about jobs? guest: he also has some spending proposals. you should spend more upfront in o
last year during the budget talks that he had with speaker john boehner, he did make some concessions on social security spending, but those were never -- never went for because there were not able to seal a deal. medicare and medicaid, he proposes a more modest reductions in the range of about $320 billion between those two programs. those are cuts to providers and other changes on some co- payments or participants, but they don't make the big structural changes in the program that would save...
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john boehner had many serious discussions with the president. there came a moment in time when leadership had to rise up and make a decision not from parties but individuals whether you could come to an agreement. the president decided he could not come of with an agreement and walked away from the talks. harry reid -- john boehner turned to harry reid -- laid out -- [cellphones] [laughter] -- harry reid asked for one thing. he said i need a supercommittee. why do you need a supercommittee? i can't deal with 60 votes. the last one, don't want people from the outside. how do you know you will ever get it done? if you don't you go back to the cuts $1.2 billion if that is where you want to get to and make it so painful people will act. my study of the supercommittee republicans for proposed about an senate democrats tried to come to a conclusion. house democrats never even produce a plan. didn't seem like much they wanted to get something done. so the bowl of the supercommittee was to find the cuts. it is never been my belief of power rests with th
john boehner had many serious discussions with the president. there came a moment in time when leadership had to rise up and make a decision not from parties but individuals whether you could come to an agreement. the president decided he could not come of with an agreement and walked away from the talks. harry reid -- john boehner turned to harry reid -- laid out -- [cellphones] [laughter] -- harry reid asked for one thing. he said i need a supercommittee. why do you need a supercommittee? i...
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i applaud my colleagues in the house, representatives hoyer and cantor and boehner, who all worked on this agreement. and i hope that my colleagues will move quickly on it. there's one thing that we know right now. we need to do everything we can to help our economy and to help jobs. the ex-im bank has been a proven job creator in the united states helping u.s. companies compete internationally. it has helped us pay down the deficit in the past. and now all we need to do is give it the certainty that it will continue to operate as of may 31, this year. so let's get on with this business of making sure that we're focusing on the economy and make sure the ex-im bank, we proceed to this measure and pass this as soon as possible. i thank the president, and i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from colorado is recognized. mr. udall: before i turn to speaking to the subject of student loans, let me associate myself with the remarks of my colleague, our colleague from the state of washington, senator cantwell. i heard the republican leader talk about progrowth agenda. well,
i applaud my colleagues in the house, representatives hoyer and cantor and boehner, who all worked on this agreement. and i hope that my colleagues will move quickly on it. there's one thing that we know right now. we need to do everything we can to help our economy and to help jobs. the ex-im bank has been a proven job creator in the united states helping u.s. companies compete internationally. it has helped us pay down the deficit in the past. and now all we need to do is give it the...
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it's time for speaker boehner to look beyond ideology and partisan politics. it's time for him to look at the history of a bill that again and again has been supported and expanded by republicans and democrats and end the delaymen . because, frankly, it's tak takia toll. every moment that the house continues to delay is another moment that 30 million vulnerable women are left without the protections they deserve in this country. madam president, the women this bill protects have seen their lives destroyed by the court is ocowardiceof those who claim to. we have a chance to stand up for them where others have not. but the only way we can help protect these women is to prove as a authorization we have the courage to do so. the courage to show them that discrimination has no place in our domestic violence laws. and to do that, we need to pass the senate's inclusive bipartisan violence against women act. mrs. boxer: will my friend yield before she makes her unanimous consent request? mrs. murray: i will yield. mrs. boxer: i have some questions. i want to make sure
it's time for speaker boehner to look beyond ideology and partisan politics. it's time for him to look at the history of a bill that again and again has been supported and expanded by republicans and democrats and end the delaymen . because, frankly, it's tak takia toll. every moment that the house continues to delay is another moment that 30 million vulnerable women are left without the protections they deserve in this country. madam president, the women this bill protects have seen their...
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speaker boehner did see that too. he saw the debt ceiling is a moment in which they could extract a germanic concession from the demand democratic. he played the tea party freshman as a bargaining chip. there were examples of him explicitly saying that i have a bunch of hot leather guys over there. they're going to let him default, and if you really want us to vote for this, you have to give us some things. now, this was explicit or invited talks with eric cantor. during the by the talks, when they're discussing revenue increases, kantor says that that is not something that we are prepared to do at all. then vice president biden says what do we get out of it and eric cantor says you have to vote on the debt ceiling. i know that might not sound like much, but the fact is we have a lot of members who feel like failing to raise the debt ceiling is exactly what we need. then kantor says, we are working to educate our guys. >> eric from pennsylvania. please go ahead with your question or comment for robert draper. caller:
speaker boehner did see that too. he saw the debt ceiling is a moment in which they could extract a germanic concession from the demand democratic. he played the tea party freshman as a bargaining chip. there were examples of him explicitly saying that i have a bunch of hot leather guys over there. they're going to let him default, and if you really want us to vote for this, you have to give us some things. now, this was explicit or invited talks with eric cantor. during the by the talks, when...
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john boehner still in the house for the time being at the treasury. the president is back in the white house and harry reid is in the senate with a few more seats. why should i believe this would end any more positively than the summer of 2011? >> because again i'm not going to try to talk to you in optimism but let's look at what's changed. you have republican leadership acknowledging for the first time in this debate in public that it's agreed to increase in revenues as part of an agreement that helps restore fiscal balance. that's a very important change. you can debate on what motivated that change, and of course it's true that approach has been a popular very substantial support among the american people. you have a much greater recognition that the economy would benefit on a carefully designed balanced agreement on fiscal reform and putting it off indefinitely is not good for the country. that's important, too. and i also think again if you listen carefully to what people are saying and what many politicians are saying with many elected represen
john boehner still in the house for the time being at the treasury. the president is back in the white house and harry reid is in the senate with a few more seats. why should i believe this would end any more positively than the summer of 2011? >> because again i'm not going to try to talk to you in optimism but let's look at what's changed. you have republican leadership acknowledging for the first time in this debate in public that it's agreed to increase in revenues as part of an...
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if i was in the house i would be supporting speaker boehner and frankly, i do support speaker boehner. i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon is recognized. mr. merkley: i ask for regular order with respect to my amendment, 3367. the presiding officer: the amendment is now pending. mr. merkley: i have a modification at the desk and a ask my amendment be so modified. the presiding officer: the amendment is so modified. mr. merkley: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to add senator franken, senator tim johnson, and senator tom udall as cosponsors to the amendment. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. merkley: thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. mr. leahy: mr. president, i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma is recognized. mr. inhofe: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the quorum call in progress be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. inhofe: it's my unde
if i was in the house i would be supporting speaker boehner and frankly, i do support speaker boehner. i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon is recognized. mr. merkley: i ask for regular order with respect to my amendment, 3367. the presiding officer: the amendment is now pending. mr. merkley: i have a modification at the desk and a ask my amendment be so modified. the presiding officer: the amendment is so modified. mr. merkley: mr....
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speaker boehner like me would like to prevent a tax hike on everyone. but given the president's failure to act, the house will soon vote on legislation to prevent a tax hike on anyone making less than a million dollars a year. rather than letting taxes go up on every single american taxpayer. in other words, a plan that 53 of our senate democratic colleagues have already voted to support. it's a plan that would ensure far more american families and small businesses are protected from tax hikes than anything our democratic friends are proposing lately. democrats will have an opportunity to offer and to vote on changes if they no longer agree with their previous position. but what they can't do is sit on their hands and let taxes go up on every american taxpayer. senate democrats have wasted precious time all year with show votes designed to fail, that's left us with little time to do the real work that needs to be done. but there's still enough time for us to finish all of our work before this weekend if we're all willing to stay late and work hard. for
speaker boehner like me would like to prevent a tax hike on everyone. but given the president's failure to act, the house will soon vote on legislation to prevent a tax hike on anyone making less than a million dollars a year. rather than letting taxes go up on every single american taxpayer. in other words, a plan that 53 of our senate democratic colleagues have already voted to support. it's a plan that would ensure far more american families and small businesses are protected from tax hikes...
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but we're still looking at speaker boehner to help us get that over the finish line. so we will see what happens on that. mr. president, we have, as i've indicated, the f.d.a. bill; we'll complete that tonight. that's a very important accomplishment for us. we have the student loan issue that we're working on that. we hope to get that done soon. i think there's a general feeling that we've worked out a compromise on that that's acceptable with the help of senator baucus and senator harkin and others. jack reed, of course, has led the charge on that for some time. i've talked about the highway bill; we need to get that done. mr. president, the remaining issue is flood insurance. and we are doing fine on flood insurance except i'm told last night that one of the republican senators wants to offer an amendment -- listen to this one -- wants to offer an amendment on when life begins. i think some of this stuff is just -- i have been very patient working with my republican colleagues in allowing relevant amendments on issues, and sometimes we even do nonrelevant amendments
but we're still looking at speaker boehner to help us get that over the finish line. so we will see what happens on that. mr. president, we have, as i've indicated, the f.d.a. bill; we'll complete that tonight. that's a very important accomplishment for us. we have the student loan issue that we're working on that. we hope to get that done soon. i think there's a general feeling that we've worked out a compromise on that that's acceptable with the help of senator baucus and senator harkin and...
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in fact, speaker boehner himself has said as much. let's not forget he was in favor of repealing oil subsidies before he was against it. so, the bottom line is this: at a time of sky-high oil prices, it's unfathomable to continue to pad the profits of oil companies with taxpayer-funded subsidies. the time to repeal these giveaways is now. mr. president, i yield the floor and note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. cardin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. cardin: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cardin: mr. president, i want to concur with the senator, senator schumer on the, his comments about the passage of senator menendez' legislation, s. 2204. this legislation is very important for america's energy needs, and i urge my colleagues to allow us to take this legislation up, and let's act on it and let's move it to the other body. there's one commodity just about ev
in fact, speaker boehner himself has said as much. let's not forget he was in favor of repealing oil subsidies before he was against it. so, the bottom line is this: at a time of sky-high oil prices, it's unfathomable to continue to pad the profits of oil companies with taxpayer-funded subsidies. the time to repeal these giveaways is now. mr. president, i yield the floor and note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. cardin: mr....
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senator boehner -- speaker boehner shook on it. minority leader mcconnell shook on it. majority leader reid signed it. and joined many of my colleagues in voting for it. and then president obama signed it into law. it became the law of the land. a law that i would add is binding, that replaces and carries more weight than a budget resolution and that makes the budget resolutions we are debating today nothing more than political theater. senate democrats fully intend to honor our word and stick to the bipartisan budget levels for next year. and senate republicans in our appropriations committee, including the minority leader, recently voted to stick to those levels as well. but i was really disappointed that less than nine months after we shook hands on that deal, house republicans turned right around and broke it. they put appeasing their extreme base ahead of the word they gave to us and the american people and they demonstrated clearly that a deal with them isn't worth the paper it's printed on. but despite house republicans' reneging on the deal, the budget control a
senator boehner -- speaker boehner shook on it. minority leader mcconnell shook on it. majority leader reid signed it. and joined many of my colleagues in voting for it. and then president obama signed it into law. it became the law of the land. a law that i would add is binding, that replaces and carries more weight than a budget resolution and that makes the budget resolutions we are debating today nothing more than political theater. senate democrats fully intend to honor our word and stick...
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speaker boehner has tried. he's had many efforts to bring people to the table, but the trouble is he's only brought to the table one political party. we've got to work together on this. i could never have gotten this bill where it is, and neither could senator inhofe, if we stood in our corners and concentrated on the areas where we have disagreement. there were plenty of those, but we set those aside. i want to say to the members of the house over there, there is a secret to success, and that is taking your hand and reaching it across the aisle and finding common ground with your colleagues. and you'd be surprised. so if you lose a bunch of republicans and a bunch of democrats, you still have enough to get a bill through. and our bill, though not perfect, really does what we have to do. we protect 1.8 million jobs mostly in construction. we create up to 1 million jobs. we take a bill that had 90 different programs and brought them down to 30 different programs. we have in the managers' package a very bipartisa
speaker boehner has tried. he's had many efforts to bring people to the table, but the trouble is he's only brought to the table one political party. we've got to work together on this. i could never have gotten this bill where it is, and neither could senator inhofe, if we stood in our corners and concentrated on the areas where we have disagreement. there were plenty of those, but we set those aside. i want to say to the members of the house over there, there is a secret to success, and that...
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speaker boehner is right. let us extend the payroll tax cut. the last point i will make the extension of unemployment benefits is it equal value to the economy and immeasureable value to those out of work struggling to find a job. make sure if we get this done on the payroll tax cut we don't give up on extending unemployment benefits. benefits that will allow people to get back to work. i want to see the blue lines growing, mr. president. i want to see us move in the right direction, creating jobs in america. the president obama's payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits which we pushed for has pushed us over the line in creating jobs. let's not end this record of success. let's build on it. i yield the floor. >> the senate back in session at 2:15 eastern live here on c-span2. we are live now at the state department here in washington for a luncheon being hosted by the secretary of state hillary clinton and vice president biden. the lunch chun is for the chinese vice president, xi jinping who is visiting washington and attending a number of ev
speaker boehner is right. let us extend the payroll tax cut. the last point i will make the extension of unemployment benefits is it equal value to the economy and immeasureable value to those out of work struggling to find a job. make sure if we get this done on the payroll tax cut we don't give up on extending unemployment benefits. benefits that will allow people to get back to work. i want to see the blue lines growing, mr. president. i want to see us move in the right direction, creating...
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you may remember, pretty famously a few years ago no less than congressman john boehner held up a copy of the pocket constitution and said to the world, i stand here with the founders we hold these truths self-evident. that's the second sentence. i i'd correct no one. my blind spots i'm sure before i started the project was as board as anyone. you u probably could have convinced me years back if i began i would had said it was the best of times it was the worst of times. thank you for being here. it's good to see you or so many friendly faces out here. it's possible for someone to rewrite the constitution is humbled i am humbled. i understand. and i guess i would merely encourage you not to think of it as a $5 service charge or fee or penalty. but think it as a tax. yes. the front row is way ahead of me on that. >> we have sharp ones down here. >> thank you for that. i count on you later, just so you know. >> what did you learn? >> what surprised you the most? >> beyond the ignorance of the constitution this which is unfortunate. i do get out the question reread the constitution. perha
you may remember, pretty famously a few years ago no less than congressman john boehner held up a copy of the pocket constitution and said to the world, i stand here with the founders we hold these truths self-evident. that's the second sentence. i i'd correct no one. my blind spots i'm sure before i started the project was as board as anyone. you u probably could have convinced me years back if i began i would had said it was the best of times it was the worst of times. thank you for being...
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as you know, under the extraordinary leadership under speaker boehner, whom you just heard, majority leader cantor, whip kevin mccarthy and jeff hersling who is our conference chairman, the has overwhelmingly h.r. 3 the no taxpayer funding of no abortion act and voted to completely repeal obamacare and to defund planned parenthood. [applause] >> that we must work hard to change the senate so these bills can go forward and reclaim the white house. [applause] >> tomorrow night, in his state of the union message, president obama will issue a call to, quote, return america to american values. mr. president, the violent destruction of children in the womb, killing babies is not an american value. [applause] >> mr. president, stop violating conscience rights! stop violating religious freedom! [applause] >> that is not an american value. abortion is not, never will be an american value. and stop exporting abortion to the four corners of the earth. [applause] >> the past three years, my friends, of abortion extremism by president obama is a mere foretaste, a mere foreshadowing of what will b
as you know, under the extraordinary leadership under speaker boehner, whom you just heard, majority leader cantor, whip kevin mccarthy and jeff hersling who is our conference chairman, the has overwhelmingly h.r. 3 the no taxpayer funding of no abortion act and voted to completely repeal obamacare and to defund planned parenthood. [applause] >> that we must work hard to change the senate so these bills can go forward and reclaim the white house. [applause] >> tomorrow night, in his...
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have you heard the speaker john boehner? here's how smart the democrats are. they made sure that in southwest ohio, john boehner does not have a democratic opponent. it's easy for most of the people to get re-elected. a lot of them have no opponents. more of them have nominal opponents of the major party. nevermind the green party, the libertarian party, justice party, constitution party. they now how to marginalize small parties, keep them out of debates, wear them down with ballot access obstacles. what are we doing about the member of congress? we got to ask ourselves some important questions. answer this one for me. please, be candid. someone who is your neighbor, let's say, knocks on your door, says, hi, i'm your neighbor. i want to tell you about myself if you got a minute. you put down your little iphone, turn off the tv. i spend 23% of your income. i can let all kinds of companies rip you off, unemployee you, under ensure you, disrespect you, invade your privacy, and expo you to toxic chemicals. i can raise and lower taxes, send your children off to wa
have you heard the speaker john boehner? here's how smart the democrats are. they made sure that in southwest ohio, john boehner does not have a democratic opponent. it's easy for most of the people to get re-elected. a lot of them have no opponents. more of them have nominal opponents of the major party. nevermind the green party, the libertarian party, justice party, constitution party. they now how to marginalize small parties, keep them out of debates, wear them down with ballot access...
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he insists it was an offer speaker boehner is equally insistent that it was a demand. i talked to him, talked to all the people. now, no one else was in the room, there's no secret tape recording of that phone conversation i know about. if anyone does, please, give me a call. [laughter] but why do that on the phone? you shouldn't do that on the phone. you should other people there so it's carefully, you know, i mean, it was changing or making a proposal at the end that set this off on a track. it is a very dramatic story, and it brings to the fore the issues that we're going to be dealing with in three or four months. yes. >> you may have already allude today this somewhat in answering a previous question, but, you know, congressional approval is at record lows, and people left, right, center, everywhere talk about how broken government is. and what are those things there your perspective that have broken it, and what are those things that if they were removed either individual or structural, um, that would help fix it? what's the path forward? >> you know, that's abov
he insists it was an offer speaker boehner is equally insistent that it was a demand. i talked to him, talked to all the people. now, no one else was in the room, there's no secret tape recording of that phone conversation i know about. if anyone does, please, give me a call. [laughter] but why do that on the phone? you shouldn't do that on the phone. you should other people there so it's carefully, you know, i mean, it was changing or making a proposal at the end that set this off on a track....
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speaker boehner said when he became speaker, he said we are going to have to behave like adults. that includes the debt limit. it says to me we are operating on dangerous ground. we can get away with it as long as there is no other reserve currency and other countries are doing worse than we are. but it is not a game i believe we should be playing. >> this reminds me, i was interviewing a candidate earlier this cycle. i won't say what office he was running for. but we were discussing his position on the debt ceiling. and i said, would you really -- would you really push hard enough so that we would actually go in default? and the candidate -- he was reasonably bright and articulate, knew something about this -- he looked at me and said, well, you know, yes, because everyone would know it was just a technical default. the u.s. government isn't really going into default. it was a technical default. i thought to myself, well, the european markets would've been very contentious if they wouldn't have fell. that is a radical debate, but now we are going to go to closing statements. the
speaker boehner said when he became speaker, he said we are going to have to behave like adults. that includes the debt limit. it says to me we are operating on dangerous ground. we can get away with it as long as there is no other reserve currency and other countries are doing worse than we are. but it is not a game i believe we should be playing. >> this reminds me, i was interviewing a candidate earlier this cycle. i won't say what office he was running for. but we were discussing his...
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talk to john boehner and see what he agreed to. there would be no logical appropriations process with respect to these issues. >> banks. i was wondering who would be among the first of the cabinet secretaries that will be asked to leave the administration. [laughter] >> i will defer to my democratic colleagues. i have some nominations. i don't know what the plan is. usually in most administrations, people kind of offer their resignation and let the president figure out if there's any of them they really got to hang onto. my sense is a lot of the folks have already said they are leaving, so that probably will take place. but that's all i know. >> just to follow-up on that note, given the fiscal cliff and everything going on in the certainty, is there a need to provide some clarity at least on a treasury secretary appointment sooner rather than later. [inaudible] >> how soon, though? >> tomorrow. >> the markets kind of out right now. >> you have to remember the market will now understand on washington you cannot count on washington f
talk to john boehner and see what he agreed to. there would be no logical appropriations process with respect to these issues. >> banks. i was wondering who would be among the first of the cabinet secretaries that will be asked to leave the administration. [laughter] >> i will defer to my democratic colleagues. i have some nominations. i don't know what the plan is. usually in most administrations, people kind of offer their resignation and let the president figure out if there's...
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have you heard a speaker john boehner? hears us that the democrats are. they have made sure that in southwest ohio, john boehner does not have a democratic opponent. so it's pretty easy for most of these people to get reelected. a lot of them have no opponents. more of them have nominal opponents of the major party. nevermind the green party or the libertarian party, constitution party. they know how to marginalize small parties, keep them out of debates, wear them down with ballot access obstacles. so what are we doing about our member economies? the guy to ask ourselves work questions. answer this one for me. please be candid. someone who is your neighbor, let say, knocks on your door, says hi, i am your new neighbor. i want to tell you a little bit about myself. he put down your little iphone, turn off the tv. i spent 23% of your income. i can let all kinds of companies rip you off, and employ you, i made sure you come disrespect to come to invade your privacy and expose you to toxic chemicals. i can raise your taxes or lower your taxes. i can sing you
have you heard a speaker john boehner? hears us that the democrats are. they have made sure that in southwest ohio, john boehner does not have a democratic opponent. so it's pretty easy for most of these people to get reelected. a lot of them have no opponents. more of them have nominal opponents of the major party. nevermind the green party or the libertarian party, constitution party. they know how to marginalize small parties, keep them out of debates, wear them down with ballot access...
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of course boehner had a cigarette and they put the cigarette in the ashtray away from the picture. but they haven't closed the deal on the personal relations and that's a shame. i think somebody said this month during your breakfast, you should sponsor a weekly dinner between obama and honor and everyone would agree to pay for it and let them talk and get to know each other. [inaudible] >> john collingwood. that's right. what do you think? [inaudible] [laughter] >> a special round? well, you know it's a personal relationships, when john was the sba spokesman, he was often not helpful, but you could always talk to him and get him on the phone and if you have a good story, he would confirm it by laughing. a deep laugh that you run the right track. no laughter meant no. >> overlooks lake the tide is going against republicans. >> well, i think in the short political terms, yes. the polling shows republicans will be blamed. but remember, this is the obama era. it's going to go down in his economy. i asked people, who was speaker of the house during the great depression when roosevelt wa
of course boehner had a cigarette and they put the cigarette in the ashtray away from the picture. but they haven't closed the deal on the personal relations and that's a shame. i think somebody said this month during your breakfast, you should sponsor a weekly dinner between obama and honor and everyone would agree to pay for it and let them talk and get to know each other. [inaudible] >> john collingwood. that's right. what do you think? [inaudible] [laughter] >> a special round?...
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john boehner, as speaker of the house should provide leadership to ensure a debt deal gets done. i believe bob woodward had interviews with boehner and the president we were complaining about bet debate and it fell flat but these guys are fighting about the amount of taxes and spending. one year later we're waiting for the fiscal cliff. apple has been very successful making products that they want but they are sitting on $40 billion of cash and much of that is overseas. it is not coming back unless there is an environment that is favorable for apple. i don't know where it spends its money in the u.s. but there's a lot of the balance sheet that is overseas. if they brought their money back if you think apple is successful now they could be a bigger contributor by hiring employees. yes, a proud american company but look on the other side of your iphone designed in california, and made in china at. >>host: last call comes from jefferson organic from the republican side. >> caller: hello. it is an honor to talk to you. iowa cnbc from squawk to the closing bell. is any of the money fr
john boehner, as speaker of the house should provide leadership to ensure a debt deal gets done. i believe bob woodward had interviews with boehner and the president we were complaining about bet debate and it fell flat but these guys are fighting about the amount of taxes and spending. one year later we're waiting for the fiscal cliff. apple has been very successful making products that they want but they are sitting on $40 billion of cash and much of that is overseas. it is not coming back...
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let's remember that it was the president and john boehner who came pretty close to a deal, probably a deal that i wouldn't have liked, but a deal that they were about to have, and it was boehner who couldn't deliver. >> that's not true. >> that is true. >> no. >> that is very true. [inaudible conversations] >> both sides backed away from that, and we don't know who could deliver. >> that was boehner that backed away from the -- from it. >> that's not true. >> you can't rewrite history, ben. >> simon? >> well, i think some of the things ben is saying are quite encouraging. but i want to press on, first, grover norquist. many norquist so opposed to anything that would involve any kind of tax increase. this that context, which tax expenditures would you regard as being on the table? which ones are you going to eliminate in order to boost revenue if you're also pushing for a lower tax rate? that's a hard combination, by the way, but tell us. >> it is a hard combination. i think that ryan, who's speaking for the committee -- not for the committee but for himself -- is starting all the indi
let's remember that it was the president and john boehner who came pretty close to a deal, probably a deal that i wouldn't have liked, but a deal that they were about to have, and it was boehner who couldn't deliver. >> that's not true. >> that is true. >> no. >> that is very true. [inaudible conversations] >> both sides backed away from that, and we don't know who could deliver. >> that was boehner that backed away from the -- from it. >> that's not...
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speaker boehner told its members to get behind and make a bill because it bears a stand. well, the senate bill bears the bipartisan stamp and i just heard the speaker boehner has now said that he wants to pass the senate bill or something close to it. he should stick to that commitment and get it done right away. last time the speaker tried to do a bipartisan bill he came to regret it. the speaker should remember the lesson of the payroll tax cut debate and not repeat his mistakes. whenever he lets a small group on the hard right dictate what he should do, he loses. and america loses and bipartisanship loses. we hope he has learned that lesson. it's clear he's wrestling with it. not only in his mind, but inexperienced statements is only one right past. and while we're at it come the same thing is happening on the budget. yesterday the assist you less reported a story that undersea party pressure the house gop may renege on a budget deal. the speaker should remember a deal is a deal. the house republican leadership should not go back on their word, just to quell another up
speaker boehner told its members to get behind and make a bill because it bears a stand. well, the senate bill bears the bipartisan stamp and i just heard the speaker boehner has now said that he wants to pass the senate bill or something close to it. he should stick to that commitment and get it done right away. last time the speaker tried to do a bipartisan bill he came to regret it. the speaker should remember the lesson of the payroll tax cut debate and not repeat his mistakes. whenever he...
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but i think boehner is the one who's got the weight of the world on the shoulders right now in terms of trying to navigate a deal that is at the end of the day, even the president admitted this. he won't cut it back deal, but not everybody will be happy with the deal. not everybody on the left and not everybody on the right is probably going to be happy with the final outcome. that is what dealmaking is about. we've got to hope that it's really the best deal possible for us. >> i would just add in terms of republicans again, first of all exact funding for education is caught up again in this bigger issue of the nondefense discretionary come as any negotiations on the fiscal cliff. unfortunately they don't talk about how much money should title one day, pokhran skit because it's part of this bigger pot of money. our goal is to get rid of the sequestering protect nondefense discretionary. i will say there have been republicans or are republicans who are big fans in particular funding for special education for children to disabilities. it's one of the more bipartisan programs. there's a
but i think boehner is the one who's got the weight of the world on the shoulders right now in terms of trying to navigate a deal that is at the end of the day, even the president admitted this. he won't cut it back deal, but not everybody will be happy with the deal. not everybody on the left and not everybody on the right is probably going to be happy with the final outcome. that is what dealmaking is about. we've got to hope that it's really the best deal possible for us. >> i would...
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the speaker of the house john boehner says that he backed away from an agreed compromise on raising the debt limit. an article in "the new york times" magazine tends to support that charge the reason he painted a picture of obama standing firm and the negotiations as the apparent requirement for the resolution of the legislation approaches the end as it appears that even more are being forecast for the next congress if it will take an unusually skillful second term president to deliver solutions to the financial problems facing the nation. if the task rests on the shoulders of barack obama will he emulate wells and who wouldn't compromise or would he like eisenhower? regan, clinton and washington figured out how to win against the odds. of course to achieve the accommodation in congress he would need a lyndon johnson, tip o'neill or new gingrich to lead the congress majority that would follow. so what specifically what i recommend that he would do to avoid the challenges of the second term? he should appoint an intermediary with the skills of simpson-bowles to work with the congress on
the speaker of the house john boehner says that he backed away from an agreed compromise on raising the debt limit. an article in "the new york times" magazine tends to support that charge the reason he painted a picture of obama standing firm and the negotiations as the apparent requirement for the resolution of the legislation approaches the end as it appears that even more are being forecast for the next congress if it will take an unusually skillful second term president to...
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another letter to speaker boehner and nancy pelosi, this was delivered to the house, it may be a little different than the one to the senate, so i'd like to put that into the record. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. landrieu: this letter was received yesterday. these are very important letters received just recently, that's why i'm asking people, wake up, pay attention. securities and exchange commission, march 13, this is to chairman johnson, ranking member shelby. basically saying last week the house of representatives passed h.r. 3606 as the senate prepares to debate many of the capital formation initiatives i want to share with you my concern on some important aspects of this significant legislation, and it is signed by mary shapiro, chairman, outlike lining a -- outlining a dozen of her concerns because of course she thinks there is going to be a debate. she would expect a debate on a bill of this nature and magnitude and diversion from the ordinary. but we weren't going to have a debate. we were just going to be told to take the house bill or leave it until a few of u
another letter to speaker boehner and nancy pelosi, this was delivered to the house, it may be a little different than the one to the senate, so i'd like to put that into the record. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. landrieu: this letter was received yesterday. these are very important letters received just recently, that's why i'm asking people, wake up, pay attention. securities and exchange commission, march 13, this is to chairman johnson, ranking member shelby. basically...
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the day after both john boehner and barack obama both said it was about the public's desire to rein in government. and to reduce deficits and spending and the debt. one month later both parties overwhelmingly passed an enormous tax cut which added $900 billion to the national debt. in just two years. to put that in perspective, the debt ceiling prom poise from last -- compromise from last summer if it's actually followed through on which will eventually have reduced the debt over 2 billion. again, there's no incentive right now for politicians to do more than claim to be against debt. but at the end of the day, you know, this is the important issue, i think, from an economic perspective. this is the major issue that america will face over the next decade. so i agree with many democratic economists right now, jobs are a very serious issue. but this is -- it's not the number one issue now, it's the issue for the next decade, and it's an issue that will shape the kind of society we live in, and that's ultimately why we wrote the book. we wanted to lay out the issues and, again, you don't
the day after both john boehner and barack obama both said it was about the public's desire to rein in government. and to reduce deficits and spending and the debt. one month later both parties overwhelmingly passed an enormous tax cut which added $900 billion to the national debt. in just two years. to put that in perspective, the debt ceiling prom poise from last -- compromise from last summer if it's actually followed through on which will eventually have reduced the debt over 2 billion....
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in other words, boehner would have a merlot, and obama would chew nicorette. >> you point outside in the book somehow when they took the official photo, both of those vanished. >> yes. they had iced tea there for obama. of course, boehner had his seg represent, and they put the cigarette in the ashtray away for the picture, but they have not closed the deal on the personal relations, and that's a shame. i think if somebody, instead of sponsoring your breakfast and all, sponsor a weekly dinner between obama and boehner and everyone would agree to pay for it and let them just talk and get to know each other and see, you know, it's -- >> how much -- >> oh, that's right. what do you think? >> i think that's a great idea. [inaudible] a special room. >> i'm not sure -- [inaudible] >> yeah, okay, but, well, you know, but, i, you know, personal relationships, when john was the fbi spokensman, he was not helpful, but you could talk to him, get him on the phone, and if you had a good story, he'd confirm it by laughing, a deep laugh meant you were on the right track. no laughter meant no. [laug
in other words, boehner would have a merlot, and obama would chew nicorette. >> you point outside in the book somehow when they took the official photo, both of those vanished. >> yes. they had iced tea there for obama. of course, boehner had his seg represent, and they put the cigarette in the ashtray away for the picture, but they have not closed the deal on the personal relations, and that's a shame. i think if somebody, instead of sponsoring your breakfast and all, sponsor a...
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soy hope that -- so hoeup -- so i hope speaker boehner will reconsider. i believe it is much too early to give up. i urge my republican colleagues not to give up on themselves because i'm not going to give up on them. it's time for them to stopl rooting for the -- stop rooting for the economy to fail, start rooting for congress to succeed in reaching common ground. the markets are watching our every move with moody's saying yesterday that they were thinking of down grading our debt standing, credit rating. there's no hope -- it's not the right time to say there is no hope in getting anything done. i disagree. i say the glass is half full. the speaker came after that reminder for moody's came forward. we're willing to work, i say that to my friend john boehner and to everyone else. we're willing to negotiate, cooperate, willing to make difficult cuts to programs we hold dear, and i think republicans should do the same. so far they refused. they refused to raise even a penny of new revenue. they refused to ask millionaires to contribute their fair share to
soy hope that -- so hoeup -- so i hope speaker boehner will reconsider. i believe it is much too early to give up. i urge my republican colleagues not to give up on themselves because i'm not going to give up on them. it's time for them to stopl rooting for the -- stop rooting for the economy to fail, start rooting for congress to succeed in reaching common ground. the markets are watching our every move with moody's saying yesterday that they were thinking of down grading our debt standing,...
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speaker boehner says the president has turned this not just by pushing the idea that by traveling to the campuses. one of his quotes plus today the biggest job in the world i've never seen a president make it so small. i wonder if you have a reaction to that and more broadly do you think we are at another one of these low plants? >> i understand speaker boehner and republicans on the hill are busy backing and filling, trying to explain how they can support -- how they now support fixing the student loan interest rate problem when they all voted in favor of the republican budget, the rise and budget, the document that explicitly took another course of action and would have allowed interest rate loans on the stafford loans to double. so they can't have it both ways. we are absolutely pleased the because the president has raised this issue and he's taken out of the country and he has talked to students and others across the country about the need to ensure it the interest rates don't double republicans are now saying they agree. they suggest even though they voted for the republican bud
speaker boehner says the president has turned this not just by pushing the idea that by traveling to the campuses. one of his quotes plus today the biggest job in the world i've never seen a president make it so small. i wonder if you have a reaction to that and more broadly do you think we are at another one of these low plants? >> i understand speaker boehner and republicans on the hill are busy backing and filling, trying to explain how they can support -- how they now support fixing...
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apparently in a meeting with his conference, boehner told people get your ass in line. i think this has been so polarizing and so unaffected a book like this would be great for some summer reading to just kick back and figure out some of the traumas that are actually going on behind the scenes as we watch and nothing happen. another book i would like to read on a totally different note is called love is a mixed ape. it's written by someone who works for rolling stone but it's a personal story about somebody, about how he felt in love with some of who also fell in love with him, they were very unlikely pair, and from what i understand she died and he's devastated but then they use to make each other mixed tapes, which is something i did for years and years and years to all my exes, you know? but he basically writes a book that is essentially a mixed tape to her in her honor because he loved her and she is gone, and he's devastated. it sounds like with his mixed tapes, his final mixed tape for her is love songs, and it sounds, i can't wait to read that one so that's what
apparently in a meeting with his conference, boehner told people get your ass in line. i think this has been so polarizing and so unaffected a book like this would be great for some summer reading to just kick back and figure out some of the traumas that are actually going on behind the scenes as we watch and nothing happen. another book i would like to read on a totally different note is called love is a mixed ape. it's written by someone who works for rolling stone but it's a personal story...
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i didn't hear you say anything about john boehner. since when does business every guarantee? business is always a risk. so if you're not willing to take the risk, let someone else do it who's willing to take the chance. >> guest: yes, i think there is a lot to go around in terms of congress. you know, john boehner, the speaker of the house also should be providing later shipped to ensure the deal gets done. any mention of bob woodward wrote. i believe rob woodward has interviews with john boehner and the president on how last summer we were all complaining about the debt ceiling debate and it just fell flat. once again is that americans pay in the balance while these guys fight about the amount of taxes were going to pay any amount of spending were going to see. again, here we are one year later waiting for this fiscal class. now in terms of apple, apple has been a very successful company and it makes products people want. but let's not forget something. apple is sitting on some $40 billion of cash on the balance sheet. much of that money is overseas. that money is not coming
i didn't hear you say anything about john boehner. since when does business every guarantee? business is always a risk. so if you're not willing to take the risk, let someone else do it who's willing to take the chance. >> guest: yes, i think there is a lot to go around in terms of congress. you know, john boehner, the speaker of the house also should be providing later shipped to ensure the deal gets done. any mention of bob woodward wrote. i believe rob woodward has interviews with john...
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he insists it was an offer speaker boehner is equally insistent that it was a demand. i talked to him, talked to all the people. now, no one else was in the room, there's no secret tape recording of that phone conversation i know about. if anyone does, please, give me a call. [laughter] but why do that on the phone? you shouldn't do that on the phone. you should other people there so it's carefully, you know, i mean, it was changing or making a proposal at the end that set this off on a track. it is a very dramatic story, and it brings to the fore the issues that we're going to be dealing with in three or four months. yes. >> you may have already allude today this somewhat in answering a previous question, but, you know, congressional approval is at record lows, and people left, right, center, everywhere talk about how broken government is. and what are those things there your perspective that have broken it, and what are those things that if they were removed either individual or structural, um, that would help fix it? what's the path forward? >> you know, that's abov
he insists it was an offer speaker boehner is equally insistent that it was a demand. i talked to him, talked to all the people. now, no one else was in the room, there's no secret tape recording of that phone conversation i know about. if anyone does, please, give me a call. [laughter] but why do that on the phone? you shouldn't do that on the phone. you should other people there so it's carefully, you know, i mean, it was changing or making a proposal at the end that set this off on a track....
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at the white house at this hour we are told that house speaker john boehner is meeting with president obama. the discussion the so-called fiscal cliff. we had a chance to take a look at that a bit earlier today and talk with of reporter triet estimate the so-called fiscal cliff continues this morning with a dive into social security. here to talk about the program and how it is involved in these discussions, negotiations over america's financial future is stephen joining us from the associated press where he is a reporter. thank you for being here. how many people in america received social security and how much do they get? >> 56 million people get social security and the average benefit is a little over 12,000, a little over $1,200 a month. so maybe 13, $14,000 a year. >> we are talking about retirees come also the disabled. >> there are actually a fairly wide group of people that social security benefits, retired workers, espouses, children, disabled workers, widows it is actually a fairly big social safety net of people who get the social security benefits. >> you mentioned 56 mil
at the white house at this hour we are told that house speaker john boehner is meeting with president obama. the discussion the so-called fiscal cliff. we had a chance to take a look at that a bit earlier today and talk with of reporter triet estimate the so-called fiscal cliff continues this morning with a dive into social security. here to talk about the program and how it is involved in these discussions, negotiations over america's financial future is stephen joining us from the associated...
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even though my friend, and i care about him, john boehner, said i want to do big things, not little things. one of the little things he couldn't do is get his caucus to make just a little bit of revenue so we could make a big deal, the grand bargain. then we tried the biden talks. the majority leader of the house of representatives walked out on those talks. th then we had the super committee. a week before, by statute, patty murray and her troops were supposed to offer legislation, i got a letter signed by virtually every republican senator saying no thanks, grover wins again. no revenues. so, mr. president, this is about our country, about doing something about a debt. it will contribute about a trillion dollars to the debt. that's not bad. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? mr. . mr. reid: here we go again. mr. mcconnell: i heard my good friend the majority leader say this is about the deficit. this would produce about enough revenue to operate the government for about a week. this would produce about enough revenue to operate the government for about a week. this is not about the deficit or
even though my friend, and i care about him, john boehner, said i want to do big things, not little things. one of the little things he couldn't do is get his caucus to make just a little bit of revenue so we could make a big deal, the grand bargain. then we tried the biden talks. the majority leader of the house of representatives walked out on those talks. th then we had the super committee. a week before, by statute, patty murray and her troops were supposed to offer legislation, i got a...
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once he plays golf with john boehner he can't kill him. [laughter] that's too bad. not that want to kill john boehner but it is too bad he can't just do what needs to be done which is make clear what the problems are and name them. >> i had a question that was very much related to the last comment and, has to do with osama bin laden and these drone killings, use of secret war. david ignatius wrote how he is one of the presidents who has taken most quickly into understanding our intelligence system and all this secret stuff that is out there and we have all the secret armies. and he is also what is interesting been one of the presidents who has been most vociferious about shutting down and badly treating whistle-blowers and not tolerating any kind, wikileaks, any kind of attacks of someone coming at him. so i'm, wondering if he put all this together of someone who can't brook criticism? who can't brook having an alternative view of out there and, and on top of this being willing to take, to be a law unto himself regardless of of what the law is? >> this is always whe
once he plays golf with john boehner he can't kill him. [laughter] that's too bad. not that want to kill john boehner but it is too bad he can't just do what needs to be done which is make clear what the problems are and name them. >> i had a question that was very much related to the last comment and, has to do with osama bin laden and these drone killings, use of secret war. david ignatius wrote how he is one of the presidents who has taken most quickly into understanding our...
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something tells me i don't think speaker boehner is not upset. he understands his power, and we do too. when you see the key moments in the house, day-to-day, there's a lot of eric cantor, and at the key moments, boehner comes out of the white house or oval office, and he's very powerful. i think we, what we try to do is certainly with the top 10, provide a representative list of not just house and senate leaders, but white house, military, ect.. >> host: number two on the list, ?afort mitch mcconnell, why? >> guest: same reason that eric cantor is number one, overthrowing president obama's agenda. depending on who you talk to, they are doing a good job of it. mcconnell is a smart guy, people like him, but they know he is extremely tough, and he's not shy of saying no when he wants to, and particularly, when you're in the minority, in the legislature, your ability to say no and stand up in front of the cameras and basically be announce your intransigence is a powerful trait, and not everyonements to do that. >> host: top two slots for republicans
something tells me i don't think speaker boehner is not upset. he understands his power, and we do too. when you see the key moments in the house, day-to-day, there's a lot of eric cantor, and at the key moments, boehner comes out of the white house or oval office, and he's very powerful. i think we, what we try to do is certainly with the top 10, provide a representative list of not just house and senate leaders, but white house, military, ect.. >> host: number two on the list, ?afort...
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if you listen closely to what speaker boehner said, he also left the door open a little bit. can they get this all done in the lame-duck session? no, they cannot. can they get a little bit done what they can get the broader tax reform and spending controls done in a way that gives confidence to the ceos in this room? yes, they can do that. but the question is will they do it. >> so if you could give him one -- he did the president on the phone for two minutes and give them one piece of advice on what he has to do to get this deal done -- what would be? >> boy, i don't know. that's a tough question. i think i would tell him that he needs to spend more time with the leadership on both sides of the congress. and each open up the white house and invite more of the members of both houses and. a little bit more getting to know each other. that is not his nature. he is really introverted, to be quite frank. but he needs to reach out and
if you listen closely to what speaker boehner said, he also left the door open a little bit. can they get this all done in the lame-duck session? no, they cannot. can they get a little bit done what they can get the broader tax reform and spending controls done in a way that gives confidence to the ceos in this room? yes, they can do that. but the question is will they do it. >> so if you could give him one -- he did the president on the phone for two minutes and give them one piece of...
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the speaker boehner have the votes for his proposal? >> the real question is he puts things out there with entitlements but it all private read to the will to you and your stand medicare/medicaid and long-term security drive the budget. the fact we discuss them is good. if it will be a deal there will have to be votes from both sides. the president and the speaker have dealt with one another before. on extending the bush tax cuts they did not shut down the government and cut discretionary spending and budget for the exchange in the increase but but of the debt ceiling this is more complex. and the beginning of the serious -- series of negotiations. the president is the president he won the election but the republicans won the house and not likely with the midterm election. hopefully this is the beginning of a good productive legislation's been iq made headlines to say go-ahead extend the tax cuts and later fight to extend for wealthier americans. does that change your position? >> what is the right thing to do but the two sides agreed t
the speaker boehner have the votes for his proposal? >> the real question is he puts things out there with entitlements but it all private read to the will to you and your stand medicare/medicaid and long-term security drive the budget. the fact we discuss them is good. if it will be a deal there will have to be votes from both sides. the president and the speaker have dealt with one another before. on extending the bush tax cuts they did not shut down the government and cut discretionary...
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work on that i think it my opinion, speaking for myself, after speaking, after talking with speaker boehner, after talking with senator reid, working with colleagues everyday like senator whitehouse who has been a champion at giving us a sense of urgency because he not only has told you about his experiences, he is his spoken in the caucus broadly and told people in our caucus, talk to your people back home. things are tough out there. so, this was the conversation yesterday. i believe we are going to have a bill. i believe that and if you were to ask me last week i probably would have said i'm very hopeful but i believe now we will have a bill. yes? >> you said you have a bill that that -- [inaudible] >> i see it obviously it is not controversial to me but it could be controversial to somebody else. from my perspective as the chairman i don't want a bill that is laden with controversy that doesn't get through. you can talk to any chairman. they want to get a bill through, and so if it is laden with controversy won't get through and i think everybody understands that. if u.s. members on bot
work on that i think it my opinion, speaking for myself, after speaking, after talking with speaker boehner, after talking with senator reid, working with colleagues everyday like senator whitehouse who has been a champion at giving us a sense of urgency because he not only has told you about his experiences, he is his spoken in the caucus broadly and told people in our caucus, talk to your people back home. things are tough out there. so, this was the conversation yesterday. i believe we are...